Benjamin Grant: What it feels like to see Earth from space
Benjamin Grant: Como nos sentimos quando vemos a Terra a partir do espaço
Through his mesmerizing satellite photographs, Benjamin Grant offers us a new way of seeing of our planet and ourselves. Full bio
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as primeiras três órbitas à volta da Lua.
has successfully completed
three days before,
de seres humanos
beyond low Earth orbit.
revelando-se acima do horizonte lunar.
above the Moon's horizon.
asks his crewmates where their camera is,
pergunta freneticamente à tripulação
points it towards the window,
para a janela, carrega no botão
mais importantes de todos os tempos:
important photographs of all time:
a few days later,
chegou a casa, sãos e salvos,
companheiros de tripulação se sentem
at the University of Pennsylvania
da Universidade da Pensilvânia
of hundreds of astronauts
de centenas de astronautas
to view the Earth from space.
de ver a Terra do espaço.
three common feelings:
três sentimentos em comum:
for Earth's beauty;
da beleza da Terra;
of connection to all other living beings;
com todos os outros seres vivos;
often overwhelming sense of emotion.
e geralmente surpreendente.
the Earth from a great distance
a Terra a uma grande distância
new cognitive frameworks
de novas estruturas cognitivas
mudaram para sempre
were forever changed
as the "overview effect."
um "efeito de visão geral".
have ever been to outer space.
a flutuar num mar infinito de escuridão.
I set off on my own mission:
of overwhelming scale and beauty
de incrível magnitude e beleza
da cidade de Nova Iorque.
that I launched "Daily Overview."
lancei "Daily Overview".
overhead view of our planet.
do nosso planeta.
have been created thus far,
mais de mil destas imagens
esta dose diária de perspetivas.
of perspectives.
from the massive archive
fotos do enorme arquivo
called Digital Globe.
chamada Digital Globe
of five satellites,
de cinco satélites,
de uma ambulância,
taking pictures of the Earth
a tirar fotos da Terra
28,000 kilometers per hour.
is equipped with a camera
com uma câmara
com uma lente vulgar de 55mm.
with a standard 55 millimeter lens.
one of their satellites
no telhado dum teatro em Oxford,
de uma bola de futebol,
at the stadium in Amsterdam.
of this project
que usaria essa tecnologia incrível
that incredible technology
em que o homem causou impacto no planeta.
the Earth for resources,
a superfície da Terra para obter recursos,
and cultivate crops for food,
frutas e vegetais para alimentação,
de um lado para o outro,
of doing all of these things,
control and impunity.
controlo e impunidade.
a few of my overviews with you now.
algumas das minhas imagens.
to the port of Singapore.
para o porto de Singapura.
in the world by terms of total tonnage,
mais movimentado do mundo
of the world's shipping containers
dos navios de contentores do mundo
de petróleo bruto.
you'll see a lot of little specks.
verão muitas pequenas manchas.
em Summerfield, no Texas, nos EUA.
in the United States.
atingem um peso determinado,
and placed on a specialized diet.
a uma dieta especializada.
the cows gain an additional 180 kilograms
as vacas aumentam mais 180 kg
about this glowing pool at the top there.
o que é esta piscina brilhante no topo.
combination of manure, chemicals
única de estrume, produtos químicos
that grows in the stagnant water.
que crescem em águas estagnadas.
de ferro em Mount Whaleback,
of Western Australia,
da Austrália Ocidental,
on the face of the Earth.
na superfície da Terra.
extraído no mundo,
in the construction of buildings,
importante na construção de edifícios,
such as your dishwasher or refrigerator.
ou frigoríficos.
in Seville, Spain.
em Sevilha, em Espanha.
around an 140-meter-tall tower
em volta duma torre
há uma cápsula de sal fundido,
of light reflected upwards
refletidos pelos espelhos lá em baixo.
to a storage tank underground,
de armazenamento subterrâneo,
to power 70,000 homes
para fornecer energia a 70 mil casas
of carbon dioxide emissions every year.
de dióxido de carbono, por ano.
in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
em Santa Cruz, na Bolívia,
to untouched tracts of rainforest.
virgens da floresta tropical.
has primarily been driven
foi motivada principalmente
mecanizada e da pecuária.
the demand of its growing population
satisfazer as necessidades da população
of its rainforest
da floresta tropical
lost 4.5 million acres of rainforest
de floresta tropical
in Barcelona, Spain.
em Barcelona, em Espanha.
can be incredibly helpful
pode ser extremamente útil
smarter solutions for urban planning,
de planeamento urbano.
will live in cities around the world
a viver em cidades no mundo inteiro
by its strict grid pattern,
por um rigoroso padrão de grelha,
better ventilation
uma ventilação melhor
but under much different circumstances.
mas em circunstâncias muito diferentes.
in northern Kenya,
de Dadaab, no norte do Quénia,
of its kind in the world.
who are fleeing Somalia,
que fogem da Somália,
gridded out at left
a que se chama a extensão LFO,
these white dots,
estes pontos brancos,
the area over time.
ao longo do tempo.
teremos um momento no tempo.
about changes in time.
sobre as mudanças no tempo.
of the project "Juxtapose,"
do projeto "justaposição",
of it with you now.
bloom every year in April.
florescem todos os anos em abril.
captured in March a few weeks before
em março, umas semanas antes,
taken a few weeks later.
tirada umas semanas depois.
in this magnificent cascade of color.
nesta magnífica cascata de cores.
4.3 billion tulip bulbs every year.
4300 milhões de bolbos de tulipas por ano.
in southeastern Brazil,
no sudeste do Brasil,
environmental disasters
ambientais da história do país.
cubic meters of waste
62 milhões de metros cúbicos de resíduos
in the process,
seen here before ...
vista aqui antes...
were killed in this disaster.
nesse desastre.
have access to clean drinking water
deixaram de ter acesso a água potável
into the Doce River,
a caminho do mar,
of plant and animal life along the way.
de vida vegetal e animal pelo caminho.
related to the crisis in Syria,
relacionada com a crise da Síria,
of hundreds of thousands of people
de centenas de milhares de pessoas
is seen in Mafraq, Jordan in 2011,
em Mafraq, na Jordânia, em 2011,
captured just this year in 2017,
captada este ano em 2017,
of the Zaatari refugee camp.
de refugiados de Zaatari.
the lunar landscape for the first time,
na paisagem lunar, pela primeira vez,
that you could have imagined
o aspeto visto do espaço
look like from outer space.
the aesthetics of an image,
a estética de uma imagem,
what it is you're seeing,
exatamente o que estão a ver,
that you still like it.
de que gostam dela.
I want to create with my work,
com o meu trabalho,
it is that contemplation,
interest in our planet
pelo nosso planeta
of what we're doing to it.
do que lhe estamos a causar.
from the overview perspective
desta perspetiva geral
of these high-flying cameras,
destas câmaras de alta velocidade,
that we are having.
que estamos a ter.
a more expansive perspective,
uma perspetiva mais ampla,
health of our planet,
a longo prazo do nosso planeta,
e mais inteligente para o nosso único lar.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Benjamin Grant - Artist, authorThrough his mesmerizing satellite photographs, Benjamin Grant offers us a new way of seeing of our planet and ourselves.
Why you should listen
By curating and composing high-resolution aerial imagery, Benjamin Grant has repurposed a medium once reserved for security experts into a tool that provides us with a thought-provoking look at human impact on our planet. As the founder of Daily Overview, he tells a story not only of man's relationship to the earth but also of how a determined search for novel perspectives can shift our psychology, inspire greater collaboration and stimulate visions for a better future.
Grant has grown Daily Overview into one of the most popular blogs on social media, garnering the largest following on Instagram (currently 556,000+ followers) of any brand with an environmental focus. His best-selling book Overview: A New Perspective of Earth has been critically-acclaimed by the New York Times, The Economist, Fast Company, CNN and was selected as one of the "Best Books of 2016" by Amazon, The Smithsonian and the Los Angeles Times. First published in October 2016, the book has been translated into seven languages.
Images from Daily Overview have been featured in hundreds of publications around the world including the New York Times, Washington Post, WIRED, The Economist, VICE and more. Grant has shown large-format prints at numerous exhibitions around the world with noteworthy installations in Munich, San Francisco, New York, Tel Aviv, Los Angeles and Hjo, Sweden.
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